Fully revised and refined, this new edition of Institutional Theory and Organizational Change
considers the developments in the field of institutional organization theory over the past …

Institutional theory has risen to prominence as a popular and powerful explanation for both
individual and organizational action. It is a vibrant theory that has been synthesized and …

This paper argues that research in organization theory has seen a shift in orientation from
paradigm-driven work to problem-driven work since the late 1980s. A number of paradigms …

Purpose This essay raises a concern about the trajectory that new institutionalism has been
following during the last decades, namely an emphasis on heterogeneity, change and …

This essay offers a critical summation of the use of neo-institutionalism to study
organizations. While institutionalism has succeeded in becoming the dominant theory to …

To compare and contrast institutional theories used in organizational analysis, the
theoretical frameworks and arguments of leading contributors to institutional theory are …

This chapter proposes a process model for understanding institutional change at the
organizational field level of analysis. This process model consists of five overlapping stages …

HE concept of institutional work describes" the purposive action of individuals and
organizations aimed at creating, maintaining and disrupting institutions"(Lawrence & …

Recent critiques of organizational institutionalism have pointed to its increasing loss of focus
and coherence. Yet, this criticism has not affected ongoing efforts to integrate insights from …

The complexity of political, regulatory, and technological changes confronting most
organizations has made radical organizational change and adaptation a central research …